where i've been..

1) working! not as many ridiculous hours as the job from hell...but still working a lot, but this time I actually like my job and my co-workers. one of my managers is from finland and he's hilarious with his accent and his anecdotes....

2) sleeping! i was totally pooped out last week....i think it had something to do with fighting and resisting a nasty cough and flu-like thing that has been going around like the plague here. i'm ok...and got lots of sleep this weekend.

3) meeting new people! i met a new girl from craigslist and had coffee with her a few times...still have a bunch of people to meet who replied to my posting on craigslist on meeting new friends....have a book club meeting tomorrow with my american wives club (though i didnt finish the book...i figure its ok because they have the author coming in to a reading), and the boy and i were super bold and brought over freshly-baked Ghirardelli brownies (made by me!) as a surprise to our next-door neighbors who just had a baby (4 weeks old!). not very french, but we've seen them several times in the elevator and never got a change to introduce ourselves since we moved in so we figured this was a good time. and they were pleasantly surprised! and our social calendar is kicking up.....too much going on....especially this week

4) i got a pedicure....yes, not exciting news, but it is one of my guilty pleasures....strangely enough, its not very a french thing to do...something about touching feet i think. but this was at my favorite spa in paris...a Valentine's Day present from the boy

5) my tummy problems have disappeared! it turns out it really was the diet coke and all fizzy drinks that was really causing the uproar. not gluten...though i should try to stick more to a gluten-free diet. its hard when you're working...as of now, i have not drank a fizzy drink for over 2 weeks...and i think i've kicked the habit....especially after i read a very scary article in the New York Times about diet cokes.

6) my parents came back from their first cruise.....not very exciting for all of you, but funny when i think about my own parents who do not seem like cruise people at all...and have never understood the point of a cruise but ended up LOVING it this time around....they think it has something to do with being officially over 60 (well my dad is over 60....my mom isn't yet...).

my second week of work

1) my dear friend carrie became a mommy for the first time and welcomed a beautiful, cheeky, baby girl into the world. congratulations!

2) the NY Giants overcame its underdog run and beat out the New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl...and consequently made my other dear friend alice ready to make peace with the world and die happy

3) and i finally, once and for all, cut out diet coke and other fizzy drinks from my diet and voila...belly and gastro problems have pretty much disappeared! like i really feel better! and plus, its saves money too....coke is expensive (well it is here in france)

yes..that last one wasn't as big as the first two, but still i managed to find one thing to make my tummy better...and thats a big deal

i am so LOST!

first episode of season 4 was last night and i've been dying to watch it. its been an eight months since the last episode of season 3 and this time there are only 8 episodes because of the strike. the boy is working tonight so that means that we wont be able to watch until tomorrow...ahhh! thats one of our special things that we do together.....actually we've seen every episode of LOST together...ever since one of his co-workers lent us the first two seasons on DVD. oh well, we usually have to wait a day until they put the subtitles on the Internet....and in the meantime that means that i've had to avoid reading any articles on LOST today and anything about the "Oceanic Six". though i havent been able to resist reading the spoilers on the LOST forums...i actually like reading the spoilers that way i'll know what to actually to expect (and therefore see if the spoilers were correct) and make sure i dont miss any plot twists. and then my favorite to do after watching a new episode is going on the LOST blogs and reading all of the plot and character analyses that other fans post (some of them are really good and get you thinking!). and then i start to read all of the new theories on the storyline and whats going to happen next. i am such a geek. and to think i used to make fun of some of my friends who were X-Files addicts (remember that show??)

speaking of which...i should try watching Heroes again. i got pretty fed up with it since the first few episodes are pretty slow (they are introducing all of the characters) and i have heard that you need to get past the first 10 episodes. on my TO DO list...that and get the third season of Weeds done. dont i lead an exciting life?